William pl lankford



'W; H. :LANKFORD.

(No Model.)

)HORSE COLLAR.

N0. 536,95. Patented Apr. 2, 1895 WHIJ anlofard/ m: uonms Pmms co. woruumm msmumom n. cy

UNITED STATES PATENT Qrmcs.

WILLIAM H. LANKFORD, OF SENOIA, GEORGIA, AssIeNoR 70F ONE-HALF TO w. w. BANKS AND A. G. COUCH, 0F SAME PLACE.

HORSE-COLLA R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 536,959, dated April 2, 1895.

Application filed December 19, 1893. Serial No. 494,050. (No model.)

of Senoia, county of Ooweta, State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Collars, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. a

The object of my invention is to produce improvements in horse collars by which, at comparatively small cost of manufacture, their case and comfort tothe wearer are enhanced and their compactness and durability increased.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure'l is a side elevation of my collar. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same. Fig. 3 is an end perspective, showing the method of uniting the several parts of the collar frame. Fig. 4 illustrates a group of the parts which are united to form the collar frame. 7

Referring to the figures on the drawings, 1 indicates the cushion piece which forms the cover for the collar that rests next to the horses shoulder, in practice.

2 indicates the hame piece united by a seam 3 to the outside of the cushion piece.

4 indicates the neck piece united by a seam 5 to the inside of the cushion piece.

The pieces 1, 2 and 4 constitute the pad cover and are united to the retaining pad cover 6 by a protected seam 7 In the manufacture of my collar, the parts 1, 2, 4 and 6 are united by their several seams,

as is clearly illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, one complete set being required to form each side of the collar. The seam 7 is formed ,by laying the edges of the parts 2 and 4 together and the two edges of the part 6 and sewing them through and through. As originally manufactured, the part 6, which is to compose the retaining pad cover is inside of the parts which compose the pad cover. Therefore, when the pad cover is turned inside out, or with the raw edges inside, a complete, smooth cover, with the raw edges inside and perfectly protected, is ready for stuffing. The parts are united before turning, by a seam 8, and the collar is stuffed from one end to the other. The ends are then sewed together and united as indicated at 9.

What I claim is- The method of manufacturing a collar frame herein described which consists in passing the edges of a retaining pad cover between the inturned edges of the pad cover, uniting the four edges by a single seam, and thereafter turning the pad cover inside out to bring all of the edges of the material and the seam within said cover, substantially as specified.

In testimony of all which I have hereunto subscribed my name.

hi WILLIAM H. LANKFORD.

mark Witnesses:

W. W. BANKS, W. W. WILsoN. 

